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I seem to have a soft spot for Digital Extremes, although I acknowledge they've never had a massive hit I'm always curious about what they put out, and it's usually interesting in some form. Warframe is described as a Coop online PvE shooter, beta in fall, releases in winter.

So do note with the Maroo's Challenge. Their is really only I think 4 challenges. Now, the map leading up to the challenge is different but the actual challenge themself are always the same. Two are pretty easy once you learn them, 1 is medium difficulty and one is somewhat hard. Now I would suggest watchign video's for them just to see where to go for all 4. One of the two easy ones is literally just learning Oh i need to jump up here on a switch then go back and go through the door. Another is just learning how to get over a big room with wind gusts.

As far as crashing on switch not sure what to say. I have had very little issues on PC but have only played once on my switch mainly to see how it was.

I’m mostly stalled out at Neptune... this seems like the point that you can’t just drop in to missions with a bunch of under-levelled, unoptomized gear. I’m much too into leveling my stuff to push forward, right now. Sinai is still my go-to for this.

Yeah, that's the point at which you need to start paying attention to the details. Status effects start to really count there.

As for Maroo's challenge. I tried a couple of times, but can't be bothered. At some stage when I start playing regularly again I need to look up videos and make a serious try. I have a nice collection of statues I've picked up in missions on display in my ship.

I’ve probably sold off.... 6, maybe 8(?), statues since I’ve started playing WF... those have all been found in regular(?) missions. I don’t know if it’s only certain types that can/do have them... is it random all the time? Is there always one (I don’t feel like this is true)? I have PLENTY of Stars to charge them up

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

The statue's from the weekly challenge is random chance but usually (after charged) worth 1400-2200 Endo roughly. But small chance at one worth like 3200.

3 main ways to get statue's
Weekly challenge - Random roll
Randomly in missions - Random roll
Sortie (high level daily 3 part mission) rewards - This is always the same statue that is worth like 3600 statue (being you get a statue rewards)

So 424 hours in, and I've finally got my very first Sword Stance mod. Through no effort on my part in this instance - I've certainly tried hard to score one in the past - it dropped off a random Tusk Lancer that interrupted me while I was fishing on the Plains of Eidolon. Nice little bonus to the day's haul. Bummer I sold my old Skana just yesterday to free up a weapon slot. Hardly a powerhouse weapon, but it's the last thing I've still got from the beginning, with my MK1 Paris, MK1 Kunai and original Mag Warframe having long since been sold off.

I don't know why Sword Stances of all things seem to be the hardest of all to get, I'm not exactly keeping score, but it could very well be the last weapon stance I needed one of. I love this game, but I do believe there's some really bizarre choices in place with regards to the progression. Staff was the second last stance I found, also just recently, and that's the other potential starting weapon!

The log-in daily reward was a choice of 3:
each had a different sigil
2 were affinity boosters, 1 was a credit booster
And one of - Orokin Reactor, Catalyst, or Exilus.
I chose the one with the Reactor, Affinity, and whatever sigil came with that. The 3-day affinity booster is very welcome - in a single, 2-man (partnered with a Trinity), 15-wave defence - 140k affinity on Ember, and 40k on the Atomos. I think this means I should probably get more weapons cooking...

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

I’m mostly stalled out at Neptune... this seems like the point that you can’t just drop in to missions with a bunch of under-levelled, unoptomized gear. I’m much too into leveling my stuff to push forward, right now. Sinai is still my go-to for this.

Yeah, that's the point at which you need to start paying attention to the details. Status effects start to really count there.

Ran into this with a Saturn alert last night. Those stupid 4 capture point maps. Failed twice with different teams. Seems it's better to move to the next point then slog it out with enemies fighting over one. Hold 3 of 4 is better than struggling with 1 and slowly losing others.

Finally finished it with a better team, but just barely. Enemy was over 95% on 2nd wave when we completed. Whew.

There is one interception - Corpus tileset, one beacon is inside the end of a crashed ship (the others are much more open) - that I give up on the beacon inside the ship... you have zero sight on enemies, and I find it nearly impossible to hold - never mind that it seems to be the source of 4 spawns... Maybe some frames with powerful, long-range AOE, and the energy to maintain, can do it, but I’ve not been able to lock it down.

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

There is one interception - Corpus tileset, one beacon is inside the end of a crashed ship (the others are much more open) - that I give up on the beacon inside the ship... you have zero sight on enemies, and I find it nearly impossible to hold - never mind that it seems to be the source of 4 spawns... Maybe some frames with powerful, long-range AOE, and the energy to maintain, can do it, but I’ve not been able to lock it down.

Now taking is a bit harder because you need to clear the area. However, it is important to notice once you have a point you don't need to hold the entire point like other capture point games. For them to take over the point they need to walk up to 1 of 2 consoles (each point has 2 consoles). So all you need to do to hold it is find the two and keep going back forth between them killing the guy on the console. That point is one of the harder points.

With the one I’m talking about, it’s the being swarmed by 40 enemies, constantly, it’s (for me) inevitable that they manage to cap it, then I’m in a perpetual state of “Conflict” and never get it back. It might go better now, but it’s one of my least favourite (interception) maps. Well, at least that node is, on that map...

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

As with everything else, I've mostly soloed interceptions. I think one trick is to have a decent crowd control Warframe to keep the enemy pack busy. Nyx is my "main" in so far as the concept exists in this game, and she's perfect for it with her Chaos ability. Of the other Warframes I have, Octavia and probably Vauban would be quite good at interception as well, although I haven't used the latter much at all yet to prove that idea.

The key trick to it though is to keep moving, grab a point, quickly clear any enemies, then move to the next point, rotate around them as quickly as you can and use your better mobility to run rings around the enemies. They'll usually converge into a pack that's following behind you capturing points one at a time, once you've managed to capture all the points, it becomes whack-a-mole, where the prize is the domination affinity bonus you get each time you capture all four points.

Don't be tempted into defending a point you own unless you've got them all, it's almost always easier to capture another, empty point. You don't need the crowd control I mentioned to make this work, but it helps. Frames that can quickly clear enemies are useful too, crowd control through nuking, but it's less reliable at higher levels. Playing solo, tanky frames might seem appropriate for interception, but they're actually a bit of a trap. In my experience, you want mobility, control and damage.

YMMV on all of this of course!

An aside: Nyx is actually an excellent solo frame in general, it's lucky I decided to focus on her early entirely based on her theme, because she's been a godsend as a solo player mechanically as well. She's only gotten better with her recent rework.

I’m a solo-Nyx fan too, that Chaos (3) is great at tying up large numbers of enemies, and if there happens to be a nice tough-guy in there, you can always ‘1’ him to fight for you - I especially like using it on the Ancient Healers - but I can start to run out of energy going a little too crazy with the spam (because I’m not necessarily killing the enemies effectively). I’ve tried to set her up with mostly: efficiency, max-energy, range, and duration - I don’t think “power” does anything for her...

The Pied Piper tactic is my main go-to, when I am stuck doing it solo - it hasn’t failed me yet. The 4-man ones are the problem if I get stuck trying to be the guy covering that ‘hated’ node. If I seem to be the only one defending it, because we’re each covering one node, I ditch it, for a “better” one, and let someone beefier handle it - if I’m not under significant pressure, I’ll still pop over, and lend a hand, when I can.

I’m MR 9.8, with nothing immediately available to level up - Horror of horrors!! Especially with 2d left on my affinity boost o.O
Bought a bunch of weapon BPs and got a few of them cooking.

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

Warframe is now my most played game on Steam, toppling the previous long lasted number one, Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer which held that spot at 426 hours since approx. its release in 2009. Skyrim and its Special Edition would still have it beat combined at just over 500 hours, but considering the pace Warframe shot up the list, I can't see even that combination of hours holding strong for long.

I read that strategy but have failed miserably the couple times I've tried to solo.

The one big rhino cc move is energy prohibitive. Don't think my Trinity or Excalibur would do any better.

Maybe I should try using a specter item to support me. That has helped me on other missions when I've struggled solo.

This strategy should work even with Rhino, although he's not optimised for it, and his lower sprint speed might make things a bit more tricky. Excalibur is actually great if you can keep your Exalted Blade running, you can run full clip towards a point and rapidly clear it with your energy waves before you even get there. In either case, most of your mobility will come from being able to parkour effectively, which will work on any frame at all. Rapidly sliding and bullet jumping across flat ground, adding wall dashes where appropriate, you'll still out manoeuvre most other units on the battleground. The most important thing is to keep moving, only stop to cap a free point then zip off immediately.

If you do want to boost your speed on slower frames, keep an eye out for the mod Armoured Agility, that pairs very well with Rhino and any other high armour warframe, I use it for Oberon and Excalibur as well. If you don't have that, Rush can also speed you up in a pinch, it might seem a bit useless compared to other mods, but it can give you an edge even outside of speed related missions, and it's an exilus mod you can slap in your exilus slot if you can't free up the mod slot elsewhere.

I practiced the test several times in Simaris’s sim... it took me a while to figure out what spacemom meant by “the floor collapsing” - was it going to be in a sequence? Random? - nope, if you step on it, it disappears after a short time. Dread (bow) worked perfectly.

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

The only thing I can think of missing out on by deleting a warframe is one of the newer alerts that seems to cycle on the hour and requires a complete Solar System to start. It gives bonuses to specific warframes seemingly at random. That's not much of a factor, really. I don't use Excalibur hardly ever.

I have every warframe released before June last year (few of new ones i'm still working on). I have never deleted any (unless I get Prime version to replace)

That being said, 2/3rds of them I have probably used >1 hour other than leveling them to 30. I would probably not mind at all losing them.

However, my view point is the game is amazing and free so I want to spend some money from time to time anyway. Slots are a great thing to do that on. I am financially stable and want to support games like this so that younger people who don't have the funds can have fun for free.

I laughed during an interception mission - an Ember (pretty sure..), possibly Prime(?) standing close to the middle of the map, just 3ing (pretty sure it was the 3) over and over - the entire map was repeatedly falling over, or dying, with every wave from that AoE... I just stood around chatting. I think I managed a couple of kills between blasts. I know I wouldn’t be able to maintain that level of energy-use. One guy complained a little, I thought it was comical, and a super low-level newbie was enjoying “not dying constantly” for once

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

That is the nice thing about Defense/interceptions is everyone has choice to leave whenever.

Crinkle and I spent a bunch of time doing Dual Equinox/Banshee (pre nerf) farming. It's pretty 50/50 on getting people that are happy to have fast/easy farm and people that don't want to be rushed through. With our build in IO on Jupiter we could both stand on middle of one end and kill everything. Only thing we would ever have to shoot at is Nullifer shields (that mostly don't' show up until post wave 10) and the Tank things that come every 5 waves (Their name is currently escaping me). Equinox well setup you just need to go pickup energy every 2/3 waves and you will never run out.

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
jrralls: I’m gonna make it the whole year! And I’m sure no one will ever re-quote this post to me when I inevitably cave!

As far as newbies are concerned, I have several hundred hours across a couple of platforms and by most players' definition, I'm also still a newbie. This game is HUGE and can be a ridiculous time sink. Wink seems to be progressing rather quickly though.

They seem pretty common in the Void, if you got someone to taxi you there that would probably work. The community seems pretty supportive of new players for things like this, at least on PC. I'm good for it if you're on PC.